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  • Release Date: 03/09/2004
  • Sales Rank: 24,261
  • Label: ZOE RECORDS
  • UPC: 601143104923

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Something Beautiful

1LISTENShines Right Through Me 3:17
2LISTENWhen I Am King 2:31
3LISTENBeat the Drum 3:08
4LISTENSomething Beautiful 3:49
5LISTENHelmethead 2:46
6LISTENSummer 3:25
7LISTENSally Ann 2:12
8LISTENSomedays 2:51
9LISTENLet It Go 3:11
10LISTENJohn Barbour 4:53
11LISTENLucky Me 3:54
12LISTENLove 3:31
13LISTENChafe's Ceilidh: Heel and Toe Polka/Around the House 2:32

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Newfoundland's favorite sons return with their hardest-rocking collection of folk-pop yet, thanks to an invorgorated rhythm section and the band's characteristically bouyant performance. For Something Beautiful, former Moxy Fruvous bassist Murray Foster melds with new skinsman Kris MacFarlane, giving a rock-solid tidal pull to Great Big Sea's, well, oceanic musical exuberance. The mix of traditional and traditional-sounding originals is so adept that it's hard to tell where the Scottish folk songs end and Alan Doyle's earnest ballads begin. With the new fellows in tow, GBS is free to romp from reels and jigs ("Chafe's Celidh") to full-on Celtic punk ("Helmethead"), with plenty of affecting story-songs in between. Mark Schwartz, Barnes & Noble



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May 31, 2004: The seventh album from this Newfoundland band, the second for the U.S. based Zoe/Rounder, rocks more heavily than their earlier releases. The songs are still hugely melodic, with well executed harmonies and backing vocals, but the bass and drums exert themselves more fully, and even the singing has some extra punch. The band's Celtic influences often move more to the edges, influencing the melodies and arrangements (such as the rhythmic backing vocal of "Beat the Drum") in more subtle shades. ¶ On the surface, these songs sound like the sort of rousing arena rockers turned out by Bare Naked Ladies and Dave Matthews, but at their core are the sort of progressions brought to rock 'n' roll by Black 47 and The Pogues. The traditional instruments come to the fore now and again, such as for the quick spinning hockey reel, "Helmethead" the sea-faring waltz, "Lucky Me," and the accordion-and-whistle polka, "Chafe's Ceilidh." ¶ Longtime fans will decry the band's growing affinity for the mainstream, manifested most notably in their employ of Bare Naked Ladies producer Michael Phillip Wojewoda to helm these sessions. But they're a really good mainstream band, weaving threads of their native Newfoundland into music whose appeal is broadened without being denuded. These songs may not resound throughout North American pubs, but they'll please mainstream rock fans looking for something with a bit of a twist.